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  • Children’s Participation in Global Contexts

    Going Beyond Voice

    by Vicky Johnson, Andy West ...
    Children's and young people’s right to participate has been increasingly acknowledged and taken up internationally, as expressed in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yet much of this has focused on collecting children’s voices, rather than achieving change, and has met its limits. This book provides an analysis of children’s participation in formal, collective and action research ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Children’s Work in African Agriculture

    The Harmful and the Harmless

    by Abdulai Abubakari, Felix Ankomah Asante, Inka Barnett, Imogen Bellwood-Howard, Rosilin Bock, Máiréad Dunne, Irene Egyir, Emmanuel Boamah Frimpong, Neil Howard, Sara Humphreys, Tessa Lewin, Vicky Johnson, Roy Maconachie, Becky Mitchell, Sam Okyere, Keetie Roelen, Carolina Szyp, Jodie Thorpe, Dorte Thorsen, Giel Ton, Amy Warmington, Mary Wickenden, Thomas Yeboah ...
    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Millions of children throughout Africa undertake many forms of farm and domestic work. Some of this work is for wages, some is on their family’s own small plots and some is forced and/or harmful.This book examines children’s involvement in such work. It argues that framing all children’s engagement in economic activity as ‘child labour’ ... Read more

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  • The Companion to Development Studies

    Edited by Vandana Desai, Rob Potter ...
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  • Reforming Child Protection

    by Bob Lonne, Nigel Parton, Jane Thomson, Maria Harries ...
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  • Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development

    by Ian Scoones ...
    The message of Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development is clear: livelihoods approaches are an essential lens on questions of rural development, but these need to be situated in a better understanding of political economy. The book looks at the role of social institutions and the politics of policy, as well as issues of identity, gender and generation. The relationships between ... Read more

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  • Debates in Geography Education

    Edited by Mark Jones, David Lambert ...
    Series series Debates in Subject Teaching
    Debates in Geography Education encourages early career teachers, experienced teachers and teacher educators to engage with and reflect on key issues, concepts and debates. It aims to enable readers to reach their own informed judgements with deeper theoretical knowledge and understanding.The second edition is fully updated in light of the latest research, policy and practice in the field, as well ... Read more

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  • Canadian Social Policy, Fifth Edition

    Issues and Perspectives

    Edited by Anne Westhues, Brian Wharf ...
    Social policy shapes the daily lives of every Canadian citizen and should reflect the beliefs of a majority of Canadians on just approaches to the promotion of health, safety, and well-being. Too often, those on the front lines—social workers, nurses, and teachers—observe that policies do not work well for the most vulnerable groups in society. In the first part of this new edition of Canadian ... Read more

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  • The Social Dimensions Of Climate Change: Equity And Vulnerability In A Warming World

    by Robin Mearns; Andrew Norton; Edward Cameron ...
    Climate change is arguably the most profound challenge facing the international community in the 21st century. It is as much a challenge for poverty reduction, growth and development as it is a global environmental issue. It could undermine or reverse progress in reducing poverty and attaining the Millenium Development Goals, thereby unraveling many of the development gains of recent decades. It ... Read more

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  • Evidence-Based Policy-Making in Canada

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  • Cross-Cultural Teaching and Learning for Home and International Students

    Internationalisation of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Education

    Edited by Janette Ryan ...
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  • International Social Work

    Issues, Strategies, and Programs

    by Manohar Pawar, David R. Cox ...
    International Social Work: Issues, Strategies, and Programs, Second Edition draws together the practice wisdom emerging within the broad scope of international social work practice and its role in contributing to the international community′s efforts in combating the major global social problems of poverty, conflict and postconflict reconstruction, the development of countries and disadvantaged ... Read more

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